The USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) meets today (May 4) for its quarterly meeting. One of the interesting bits of information is presented below as part of the USPTO’s review of 10,000+ office actions. The information here is helpful, but is severely lacking because it does not separate Type 1 and Type 2 [...]
Q: Can you give us a sense on where the committee will go on patents? A: Fortunately, the courts are also reviewing our patent laws particularly as they pertain to litigation. Some of the decisions they have made in recent years have had, what I think, is a positive impact on reducing the problem [...]
There is no denying that the marijuana legalization landscape is contentious and demands attention, including from trademark attorney, who will increasingly see their clients interested in cannabis related business activities. The current international legal framework for drug control regimes based on three United Nation Conventions, the single convention on Psychotropic Substance 1971, and the [...]
Most businesses think protecting their intellectual property is their own responsibility, and it is. But what about when our intellectual property rights are violated by an evildoer? Who are you going to call? Both State Attorneys General and Federal Prosecutors have tools at their disposal that let them bring the full force of the [...]
The President believes that will require Republicans to enact legislation on the issues central to the President’s campaign and the party Platform; issues Republicans have been complaining about over the past eight years. The mismatched re-election priorities of Republicans can be expected to continue roiling Capitol Hill throughout the remainder of 2017 and likely into [...]
Prior to being hired in March 2013 by the U.S. Department of Commerce to become an Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) on the PTAB, Matthew R. Clements represented Apple as patent infringement defense counsel while working for Ropes & Gray. Since September 2014, APJ Clements has been assigned to numerous petitions, mostly CBMs but some [...]
